Fort Worth weekly gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-01-28
PENSION BILLS.
Fail Text of the Mexican Pension Bin
Which Only awaits The Presidents sig

Fnu Text of the Mexican Pension BIZ
Which Only awaits The Presidents sig.
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( Correspondence OF the Gazette.
| WASHINGTON, Jan. l9.-Following is
the full e.. of the Mexican pension bill
which has a.sed bo.h houses and only
awaits the Presidents signature to be
come !2w: An act granting pensions &c
the sOldieis and sailors Of the Mexican
war, and for other purposes.
Be- 1t enacted by tie senate and house
( of repre5entat.y OF the United States
( Of America in congress assembled: That
/ the secretary OF the interior be and he is
! hereby authorized and directed to place
| On the pension roll tue names of the sur
viying Officers and enlisted men, including
marmcS, militia and volunteers, of the
military sud naval services of the United
States, who, being GUY enlisted, actually
served Sixty days with The q my or nav,
OF the Unite States in Mexico, or on tao
coasts OF frontier thereof, or en- route
| theratJ, II the war with that nation, or
we're actually engaged in 4 battle III said
war, and were hOnuragIy discharged, ana
~ sUcQ Other ticrrS gGd soldiers ana sail
or5 a. may have ben personally mined in
, ouy res luton Jl CO. gresS for any spt c.
. tic service ii said var, and the surviving
/ wldoW5 CT such officers ald enlisted nvn;
provided tLat su-a widows have not re-
married. Provided, that every suGn U1i
Ger, enlisted mal or widow who is
or may become siXty-Ewo Years
Of age, or who is or may become
subject to any disability or dependency
equivalent to some cause prescribed or
recognized by the pension laws of the
United States as a sufficient reason for
the allowance Of 4 pension, shall DC en-
titled to the benefits OF this act: but il
shall not be held to include any person
not within the rule Of age or disability OF
dependency herein defined, or who
incurred such disability while in any man
ner voluntarily engaged in or aiding or
aoetting the late rebellion against the su-
th4rity of the United S ates.
Sec. >. That pensions under section
of this set shall be at the rate of SIS per
month. and payable only from ana after
the passage of this act, for and during the
natural lives of the persons entitled
thereto, or during the contin uance of the
disability for which the same shall DC
9rsnted; provided, that section l of
this &C, shall not apply to any person VINO
IS receiving pension ct the rste Of SIS
Per month or more, nor TO any person re-
ceiving a pension OF less than SIS per
month, except for the difference between
the pension now Re ceived Of less than SIS
per month"; and SIS per month.
Sec. 3. That before the name OF any
person shall be placed on the pension
roll under this act, proof shall be mad,
under such rules and regulations as the |
secretary of the interior may prescribe, of
the right of the applicant 10 a pension
and any person VIII snail falsely and cor |
ru lily take any oath required under this !
act shalt De deemed guilty of perjury; |
and the secretary of the interior shall |
cause to DE stricken from the pension roll !
the name Of any person whenever it shall |,
be made to appear by proof satisfactory
to him that such name was put upon SUCH |
roll through false aud fraudulent rep. e.
sensations, and that such person is not
entitled 10 a pension under this &C TIE
loss of TIE certificate Of discharge shall
not deprive any person of the benefits Of
this act, but other record evidence Of in
listment and service and of honorable
discharge may be deemed sufficient; pro-
vided, that when any person has been
granted L land warrant, under any act OF
congress, for and on account Of
service ii the said war Tith Mex
leo, such grant shsl be prima
facia evidence of his service and honor
aole discharge; but such evidence shall
not ne conclusive, end may be rebutted
oy evidence that SUCH lind warrant was
improperly granted.
Sec. 4. That the pension laws now in
force which are not inconsistent or in con-
tlict with this set are hereby made part
Of this act, so far as they may be applica-
Die thereto.
Sec. 5. That section 4716 Of the Re-
gised Statutes is hereby repealed SO far
IS the same relates to this act or to pen
sioners under this act tlfF,~s
Sec. 6. That the provisions of this act
shall not apply to any person while un-